So you’ve read our extensive BlackBerry Storm review and, despite feeling disappointment about it not living up to the hype, can’t help but wonder just what makes the thing tick click. While we were a bit too squeamish to rip one of ours apart and find out, phoneWreck felt no qualms about turning this week’s [...]
BlackBerry Storm’s clickable screen (and the rest of it) dissected, exposed
November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
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BlackBerry Storm shipments delayed due to apparent version glitch
November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
If you’re one of the many, many BlackBerry Storm buyers who cleaned out inventories at Verizon stores on Friday, all that time spent waiting in the cold just became a bit more worthwhile. Online orders are being subject to shipping delays and, while you might think this is just another case of holiday supply versus [...]
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Aptina producing cellphone image sensor that shoots HD video
November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
It sounds like your camera phone’s video capabilities may get exponentially more awesome in the near future. Aptina — a division of Micron that manufactures one out of every three sensors for mobile phone cameras — has announced the high resolution 5 megapixel MT9P013. There are better sensors out there already, but this one will [...]
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Apple approves third-party email client for the App Store, violates its own policies
November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Recently we were sent a PR email about an iPhone app called BdEmailer. No big deal, press releases about new iPhone applications show up in our box in large bundles every day — but this one was different. According to the release, the program is the “the first wide email iPhone app [...]
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Palm axes an undisclosed amount of employees, sort of blames itself
November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
My, my — how’s this for truth in advertising? Palm InfoCenter has confirmed with a Palm spokesperson that the flagging outfit will be laying off an undisclosed amount of employees as the economy worsens and the firm attempts to keep that final nail from being slammed down on its coffin. According to the spokesperson, the [...]
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Google Sync for BlackBerry gets into your contacts
November 20th, 2008 · No Comments
If you’re a BlackBerry user or a prospective user, and also happen to be a Gmail enthusiast, you’re going to be a lot happier than you were yesterday, because Google’s just added over-the-air contact syncing to its Google Sync application. Previously, the app was only able to sync up calendars between the cloud and RIM [...]
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In case you missed our BlackBerry Storm review…
November 20th, 2008 · No Comments
The most anticipated BlackBerry of the year (sorry, Bold) is just a day away from release on Verizon — and naturally, we’ve got the full rundown. Want to know if this is the phone for you? Click the pic or the link below to get the scoop!Continue on to read the full BlackBerry Storm review
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Price confusion over Nokia 5800 XpressMusic mercifully ends (maybe)
November 19th, 2008 · No Comments
It’s probably fair to say that no one in Spain had a very good day on Friday when the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic showed up on Nokia.es for €429 (about 0), up from its earlier €279. Well it looks like the zaniness at least kind of has an explanation, though it’s not one that’s likely to [...]
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Keepin’ it real fake, part CLXVIII: Motorola Aura clone is everything we ever wanted in a knockoff
November 19th, 2008 · No Comments
If there was ever a phone worth cutting down to size with a completely shoddy but not actually completely unattractive fake edition, it’s the Motorola Aura. What we have here is the Wingtech D20, which shares the swivel form factor of the Aura, mocks the round LCD with a perfectly boring square one in a [...]
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Android-powered Sciphone Dream G2 is neither dreamy nor the G1’s successor
November 18th, 2008 · No Comments
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The G1’s taken some flak for being just a little less fashion-forward than the hottest handsets on the market, but as retail Android handsets go, it’s the most beautiful thing going — and we think that illustrious title’s safe for the time being. Meet the “Dream G2″ (groan) from China’s Sciphone, a [...]
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